A Baby Is Born!

Weโ€™re celebrating an amazing event this morning!      After eight years in the womb, the final proof of my novel โ€“ ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Ž๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜‹๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ โ€“ is off to the publisher.      โ€œItโ€™s like having a baby!โ€ I shouted. โ€œLetโ€™s do cigars!โ€      Betty raised a…

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Our Hallowed Opinions

Opinions, like Kleenex, should be held lightly and easily tossed. Otherwise, we tend to become proud and unteachable.      The greatest sadness in America is not the poor character of our politicians or their shameful, mud-slinging language, but the inability of ordinary folks to really…

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Atomic Coffee

Good morning, Coffee Lovers!      Did you know that long before Starbucks or Caribou Coffee came along, the Brazilians had their steamy, aromatic coffee bars โ€“ called โ€œbarzinhosโ€ โ€“ serving up little cups of dynamite?      Scattered along the boulevards and backstreets of Rio and…

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Afraid of the Dark

Most of the things that you are afraid of, at this very moment, will never come to pass. They are the products of misinformation, media hype, and plain old paranoia.      Take my friend, Anna, for example. With summer upon us and the beaches opening…

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